Geographic Tools

Tools to help find find Sec/Twp/Rge/Mer coordinates in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan:

Canada
- National Archives Maps
- Map of Canadian Provinces & Territories, 1898
- National Land Grants Database - National Archives of Canada
- CPR Land Database - from Glenbow Museum & Library - enter the name of a homesteader (surname firstname order) and retrieve the Sec/Twp/Rge/Mer coordinates
- Post Office lookup - enter a community name and province and scroll to the bottom to find the Sec/Twp/Rge/Mer coordinates.
- Map of Prairie Districts, 1885 (Alberta, Athabaska, Saskatchewan, Assiniboia & Manitoba) with today's Provinces overlaid in green-line
- Dave Obee's instructions on reading prairie maps
- Back to the Land: A Genealogical Guide to Finding Farms on the Canadian Prairies By Dave Obee. Published April 2001. - includes an index of townships, giving the matching sub-district in the 1901 census, and the census microfilm number. C$9.95 from Interlink Bookstore ("929.3712" in the Calgary Public Library, "971.215 OBEE #1" in the AFHS library).
Manitoba
- Manitoba Government Coordinates Finder
Alberta
- Alberta Post offices, 1901 and 1906
- Alberta Government description
- 1993 Alberta Municipalities Urban and Rural (AFHS Library - "971.23 ALBE 1993") - This booklet can also help identify the County or Municipal District that a locality is currently located in.
- Calgary 1906 City Limits Map
- Calgary area map (Townships 18-31 and Ranges 17W4 to 7W5).
- Alberta Census District #18 - Legal land descriptions by Post Office and Census Subdistrict
- MD of Rockyview - coordinates
- Calgary Annexation Map (pdf)
Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Maps
Assiniboia
- A map of the NorthWest Territories in 1900 shows the "District of Assiniboia" as having borders:
  North = just south of Saskatoon by about 10 miles
  South = US border
  West = just west of Medicine by about 25 miles.
  East = Manitoba border

Last Updated 29 Jun 2003

Terms of Use:
The data found on this webpage is the result of work by volunteers as a finding aid to the microfilm/online census images and may be found in error. As a result, there is no guarantee that the information is accurate. This information may be considered a first step to finding the correct page in the microfilm/online image. Even that is subject to enumerator and respondent error. Please report transcription errors to the webster at AFHS.